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View image in fullscreenLiverpool players join mourners in Portugal for Diogo Jota’s funeral

Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson among mourners

Portugal forward Jota and his brother died in car crash

Liverpool players and staff have joined family and friends in Gondomar to pay their final respects to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva on Saturday.



The funeral is taking place in the brothers’ hometown in Portugal where they were revered with mourners travelling from over the globe to say goodbye.

Jota’s widow, Rute Cardoso, who the footballer had been married to for 11 days before his death, was greeted by family on Saturday morning ahead of the event.

The Liverpool head coach, Arne Slot, the captain, Virgil van Dijk, the defender Andrew Robertson, the midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, the former teammates Jordan Henderson and James Milner, and Manchester City’s Rúben Dias are all in Portugal for the service.

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Streams of people queued for hours to attend a public wake on Friday in the town at the Capela da Ressurreição.

Jota’s Liverpool teammate Darwin Núñez, as well as international colleagues Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot, who play for Manchester United, and Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva went to the vigil.

Liverpool staff and players arrived in Portugal on Friday after the club chartered a plane.

The director of football, Richard Hughes, and the chief executive, Micheal Edwards, were among the club officials to join mourners at the chapel for the wake.

Jota and Silva died in the early hours of Thursday morning after their car left the road and burst into flames in Zamora, north-west Spain, while driving towards Santander in order to catch a ferry back to England.

Silva returned to represent the team as an adult before embarking on a professional career in the Portuguese second division.

The collection of tributes at Anfield continued to grow on Saturday as people came to leave their own personal memories, covering a large area outside the stadium.

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